Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his government is ready to negotiate a drug trafficking agreement with the U.S. after months of military pressure.

President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela.

President Donald Trump said that the United States "knocked out" a "big facility" in Venezuela last week, in what appears to be a reference to a strike on a drug trafficking site in the country.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. "knocked out" a "big facility." Rumors of a U.S. strike on Venezuela haven't been confirmed.

The president said the United States “knocked out” a dock for alleged drug boats, but did not say if the military was involved.

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four companies it said were operating in Venezuela’s oil sector as well as associated oil tankers, as President Donald Trump's administration increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The following is a deep look at contemporary Venezuela, its history, its riches, its alliances and its delicate internal balance of power amid growing tensions with the US.

President Donald Trump's administration says its efforts over the past week are meant to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. and increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

US military aircraft and personnel were seen at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico as tensions grow between Washington and Venezuela. The activity continues after President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers,

Venezuela’s S-125 anti-air missile system is positively ancient today—yet the same model was unexpectedly able to shoot down an F-117 Nighthawk over Serbia in 1999.

The US already has a list of vessels and companies under sanction for their connections to Venezuela’s oil trade.